Staff Engineer – PKI

GEICO

Staff Engineer at GEICO working on high performance, low maintenance IaaS Engineering system design. Collaborating with teams to innovate and build solutions for the insurance business transformation.

Posted 5/31/2026full-timeBethesda • California, Maryland, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $115,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesOpenShiftPythonRustTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
Develop and execute technical software development strategy for the IaaS Engineering domain, while optimizing for performance and efficiency
Own accountability for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community.
Influence and educate executives
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning
Take on-call and operation support

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong knowledge of PKI and Certificate Management
Strong knowledge of Microsoft ADCS (Active Directory Certificate Services) including Certificate Template management
Enrollment and Issuance Criteria
Certificate Authority Governance and Operations
Strong foundations in software engineering
Deep hands-on experience in complex system design and data pipeline and architectures, scale and performance, tuning, with good knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes
Professional experience in software development at least one modern programming language, including Go, Python, Java, or Rust
Hands-on experience with public and/or private cloud environments (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)
Experience and technical knowledge of security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols and cryptography
Experience in CI/CD pipeline and related open-source tools like GIT/Jenkin/CircleCI/SonarQube and knowledge in Terraform will be big plus
Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions
One of more of the following certifications are highly desired: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
6+ years of professional IaaS experience.
4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
3+ years of experience with architecture and design.
3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation.
A 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match.
Performance and recognition-based incentives.
Tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PKICertificate ManagementMicrosoft ADCSCertificate Template managementsoftware engineeringsystem designdata pipelineDockerKubernetesprogramming languages

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcollaborationmentoringinfluencingprocess improvementadaptabilitycontinuous learning

Certifications

CISSPCISMCISA